WE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DARKER THAN BLUE by CURTIS MAYFIELD

Written by Curtis Mayfield

We people who are darker than blue,
Are we gonna stand around this town
And let what others [bad word] [bad word] 
We're just good for nothing they all figure,
boyish, grown-up, shiftless jigger.
Now we can't hardly stand for that,
Or is that really where it's at?
We people who are darker than blue,
This ain't no time for segregating
I'm talking 'bout brown and yellow two.
High yellow girl, can't you tell
You're just the surface of our dark deep well?
If your mind could really see
You'd know your colour the same as me.
Pardon me, brother, as you stand in your glory,
I know you won't mind if I tell the whole story.
Get yourself together, learn to know your side.
Shall [bad word] our own genocide before you check out your mind?
I know we've all got problems, that's why I'm here to say,
Keep peace with me and I with you, let me love in my own way.
Now I know we have great respect
For the sister, and mother it's even better yet.
But there's the joker in the street
Loving one brother and killing the other.
When the [bad word] and we are really free
There'll be no brothers left you see.
We people who are darker than blue,
Don't let us hang around this town
And let what others [bad word] [bad word] 
We're just good for nothing they all figure,
boyish, grown-up, shiftless jigger.
Now we can't hardly stand for that,
Or is that really where it's at?
Pardon me, brother, while you stand in your glory,
I know you won't mind if I tell the whole story.
Pardon me, brother, I know [bad word] a long, long way,
But let us not be satisfied for tomorrow can be an,